Airports seem magical until you find yourself stuck in one for over a decent amount of time. And by decent, well, let's face it: alone we can only really stand (max)10 hours of ourselves until we start drawing faces on soccer balls and affectionately naming them.
If you're a little more organized, you'll have an hourly plan.
Eat. Movie. Book. Stare at people. Eat some more. Stare more at people. Bathroom break. Stare at your teeth in bathroom mirror.
Repeat as desired.
Then there's also the dull pain in your rear from sitting too long in one place, so you switch chairs. And really want to stretch but you're the only one standing and everyone else is at the Staring Phase in their airport routine so you immediately feel like a pantomime stage clown and sit back down.
But after a few months away from the airport we'll forget all about the experience and get all kiddy again. You know, do dives off the bunk bed until we sprain our ankle and then do it again once the sprain-pain conveniently fades from our memory.
Luckily, though, it's not that bad. Because when you become bored of your airport routine, Tom Hanks, again, is a wealth of resources (Think The Terminal).
Anyway, I'm here to talk about books. Which is, by the way, one of the most essential ingredients to airport survival. Currently I'm reading Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys, another YA genre novel.
Only, this one isn't about Orwellian futures and apocalyptic plagues..
What is this book about: It is a (mildly) suspenseful drama centering on seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine (or Josephine, as she likes to call herself) who moves to the potpourri scene of 1950's New Orleans. While struggling to get into a prestigious college and rub out the reality that her mother belongs to a seedy brothel, a murder takes place that knocks the 'French Quarter' off-kilter.
What I think about this book: Eloquent description voice and animated use of setting. Although slightly sententious at times, Josie is a poignant emblem for female empowerment and teenage 'moxie'.
I've never been to New Orleans but Ruta seems to portray it as a world all of its own: the 'big city' motif that thumps with electricity, Bohemian artists, and a mélange of restless souls.
Who should read this book: Oprah-readers, high-schoolers, The-Best-Little-Whore-House-in-Texas-fans, and bewildered parents
If you're a little more organized, you'll have an hourly plan.
Eat. Movie. Book. Stare at people. Eat some more. Stare more at people. Bathroom break. Stare at your teeth in bathroom mirror.
Repeat as desired.
Then there's also the dull pain in your rear from sitting too long in one place, so you switch chairs. And really want to stretch but you're the only one standing and everyone else is at the Staring Phase in their airport routine so you immediately feel like a pantomime stage clown and sit back down.
But after a few months away from the airport we'll forget all about the experience and get all kiddy again. You know, do dives off the bunk bed until we sprain our ankle and then do it again once the sprain-pain conveniently fades from our memory.
Luckily, though, it's not that bad. Because when you become bored of your airport routine, Tom Hanks, again, is a wealth of resources (Think The Terminal).
Anyway, I'm here to talk about books. Which is, by the way, one of the most essential ingredients to airport survival. Currently I'm reading Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys, another YA genre novel.
Only, this one isn't about Orwellian futures and apocalyptic plagues..
What I think about this book: Eloquent description voice and animated use of setting. Although slightly sententious at times, Josie is a poignant emblem for female empowerment and teenage 'moxie'.
I've never been to New Orleans but Ruta seems to portray it as a world all of its own: the 'big city' motif that thumps with electricity, Bohemian artists, and a mélange of restless souls.
Who should read this book: Oprah-readers, high-schoolers, The-Best-Little-Whore-House-in-Texas-fans, and bewildered parents
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